I'm home from Pantheacon, and what a great event it was. I had a chance to talk with many eager attendees as well as with writers such as Deborah Blake, Lon DuQuette, T. Thorn Coyle and many others. In my workshop on "Future Trends in Magick" I made some comments about my Modern Magick and how, in fact, it was dated. Certainly it's not as dated as books from many hundreds of years ago. But there is a major difference between the ancient grimoires and my book. Their goal was simply to present what is. One of my goals with Modern Magick was to present magick—as it is practiced by people all over the world—in a modern fashion. The truth is the language that I used isn't that modern

The little booklet text for this card says: The Moon, benign really, minds its own business in the night sky. It cannot help that it must merely reflect. The Moon can give you nothing more or less than your self, with a few shadows thrown in just to keep things interesting. It is interesting that the sun is still visible, setting on the horizon. That is something we do not usually see in Moon cards. Perhaps it serves as a visual reminder that the Sun (representing our ego) plays a big role in what the Moon creates, so to speak. The girl with her white orbs, what is she up to? Performing a ritual? Offering gifts? Trying to connect with the Moon’s power? Just goofing around?